Death toll from Ida increases to 68 as many remain without power
At least seven deaths in New Orleans were of nursing home residents who had been evacuated to warehouses.
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At least seven deaths in New Orleans were of nursing home residents who had been evacuated to warehouses.
Cynthia Sheng, the president of Jefferson Parish in Louisiana, says more people died in the days after Ida hit than died during the storm.
CBS News' Jessie Mitchell reports from southern Louisiana where the heat and humidity have been "unbearable" for more than 700,000 residents without power.
The mayor encouraged residents to return to the city as their power comes back, saying they could help the relief effort by taking in neighbors and family who were still in the dark.
Days after Hurricane Ida ripped through Louisiana, President Biden touched down in Air Force One to survey the widespread damage. CBS News correspondent Mireya Villarreal reports from New Orleans, and Jefferson Parish President Cynthia Lee Sheng joins CBSN's Lana Zak to talk about the desperation on the ground.
Hurricane Ida wiped out power for about a million customers in Louisiana.
The Northeast is recovering after the remnants of Hurricane Ida battered the region. Plus, top U.S. health officials ask the Biden administration to scale back their rollout of a COVID-19 booster shot. CBS News senior White House correspondent Weijia Jiang joined CBSN's Lana Zak to preview this week's "Face the Nation."
The power is still out for hundreds of thousands in Louisiana, where people are also dealing with shortages of food, water, fuel and other supplies. Meanwhile, first responders across the Northeast rescued people in danger from rising tides and powerful floods after the storm barreled through the region. CBS News correspondent Mireya Villarreal reports from New Orleans on the aftermath of Ida's wrath, and Joy Squier, a spokesperson for the American Red Cross, joined CBSN from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where she described conditions on the ground.
Louisiana state officials are investigating the conditions at a hurricane shelter following the deaths of four nursing home residents who were housed there after being evacuated from Hurricane Ida. CBS News correspondent Mireya Villareal reports.
The Howlin' Wolf, a New Oreleans music venue, has stepped up to help feed people Hurricane Ida's aftermath. Mireya Villarreal shares more.
Thousands of patients have been evacuated from hospitals and medical facilities in Louisiana after they lost power during Hurricane Ida. Janet Shamlian has the latest.
New Orleans is no stranger to disasters. But that means the "Big Easy" already knows that the soul of the city comes from the heart of its people.
Staff kept patients alive by transferring them to different floors and hand pumping ventilators.
Thousands of Louisianans are living off of emergency supplies in the sweltering late-summer heat after Ida wiped out live-sustaining infrastructure in parts of the state. In Grand Isle, one of the places hit hardest by Ida, the mayor says at least 85% of the buildings there are totaled. Correspondent Omar Villafranca surveyed the damage from the hurricane with Mayor David Camardelle.
Days after Hurricane Ida knocked out power in parts of Louisiana, only a fraction of residents have power. Grand Isle, the state's only barrier island with residents, is considered "uninhabitable." Omar Villafranca takes a look.
Officials say that a natural gas odor has been detected on Grand Isle and that conditions remain "very dangerous."
People are still desperately looking for their loved ones after Ida blasted ashore in Louisiana this week as a Category 4 hurricane, destroying buildings and leaving more than a million people without power. “CBS This Morning” Lead National Correspondent David Begnaud tagged along with the sheriff's department in hard-hit LaPlace, where some residents had to be rescued from their debris-filled homes.
Roughly 760,000 people are either without water or under a boil water advisory and nearly a million remain without power in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida.
More than one million homes and businesses across the state of Lousiana are without power as residents struggle to get food, water, and cell service in the aftermath of Ida. CBS News’ Michael George reports from Bridge City, Louisiana, and then Rob Gaudet, CEO of Crowd Relief and founder and director of the Cajun Navy, joins CBSN to discuss his organization’s ongoing recovery efforts.
Ida ripped apart the lives of residents in Houma, Louisiana, leaving behind destruction and heartbreak. Mireya Villarreal shares more.
After wreaking havoc on the Gulf Coast, Ida is headed north. CBS New York chief weathercaster Lonnie Quinn has the latest forecast.
Two deaths in Louisiana and two in Mississippi have been blamed on Ida.
The National Weather Service has forecasted a heat index value of up to 103 degrees.
New Orleans and Baton Rouge are under a heat advisory as thousands go without power.
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